Author: Steven Sahiounie

The anti-monarchy Republic group schedules protests that coincide with King Charles’s coronation on May 6 in a show of opposition to the royal family. The small-scale Republican movement in the UK hopes to gain traction ahead of King Charles’s coronation, to voice out opposition to Royal rule in the country. In an event held at the West London Church, the Chief Executive of Republic said to a small group of 70 people, “The good news is that it can be got rid of and will be got rid off.” 10 of those present at the Church were journalists, which highlights…

An official claimed that a US nuclear missile submarine would visit South Korea for the first time in decades as part of a strengthened nuclear shield to be revealed at the White House by Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol. An official claimed that a US nuclear missile submarine would visit South Korea for the first time in decades as part of a strengthened nuclear shield to be revealed at the White House by Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol. According to a senior US official, the actions outlined on Wednesday are unprecedented since the Cold War and are intended to…

“So far, the Kiev regime has been rejecting all reasonable initiatives aimed at finding a political and diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis,” Maria Zakharova said Moscow has taken note of Beijing’s willingness to make efforts to launch a negotiation process on the Ukraine issue but Kiev is unlikely to appreciate calls for peace, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Wednesday. “We have taken note of China’s willingness to make efforts to launch a negotiation process. We can see that our fundamental approaches are in line with the position paper that the Chinese Foreign Ministry…

The leaders agreed to continue interaction at various levels Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Kremlin press service reported on Wednesday. “The development of the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed with an emphasis on solving practical tasks of ensuring stability and security in the region. In the context of the current escalation in the Lachin Corridor, the importance of strict adherence to the entire set of fundamental agreements between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan was stressed,” its statement said. The leaders agreed to continue interaction at various levels. Earlier,…

The Chinese leader pointed out that China hopes that all parties concerned would “critically ponder over the Ukrainian conflict” Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky during telephone talks on Wednesday that China will push for the early ceasefire in Ukraine, China Central Television reported on Wednesday. “China is determined to facilitate the peace process and a ceasefire as soon as possible,” the channel quoted the Chinese leader as saying. According to China Central Television, Xi Jinping pointed out that China hopes that all parties concerned would “critically ponder over the Ukrainian conflict” and through dialogue “pave the way…

The shares of the American bank “First Republic Bank” plunged in trading yesterday, Tuesday, by about 50%, and experts warned of a new wave of collapses in the American banking sector in the near future. Yesterday, “First Republic Bank” shares ended trading, down by 49.38%, at $8.10 per share, according to Bloomberg agency data. Thus, the stock fell for the second day in a row, and the decline came after publishing a financial report for the first quarter of 2023, and the American Bank announced a large exodus of deposits and an increase in loans. The bank indicated that 40.8%…

Germany’s Wintershall Dea, one of Europe’s largest oil and gas companies, said it had no plans to repair and restart Nord Stream gas transmission lines. The company’s president, Mario Mirren, stressed during a press conference that his company is focusing its efforts on ensuring environmental safety in the area that these pipelines were subjected to. “We would like to be clear, Wintershall Dea has no plans to rehabilitate the North Stream. What we want to do is save the pipeline and preserve the environment there,” Mirren said. It is noteworthy that, Wintershall Dea is a shareholder in the company supervising the operation…

Bloomberg acknowledged, in an article, the failure of the European Union’s plan to increase the amount of electricity generated from wind power, with the aim of abandoning Russian gas. According to the article, about a year ago Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark published a memorandum regarding accelerating the construction of wind turbines, and set the goal of having 65 gigawatts by 2030. For its part, Britain promised to join them and plan to build wind power stations with a capacity of 50 gigawatts. However, the current results of analyzing activities in the field of generating electricity from wind energy…

The official spokesman for the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, spoke about the reasons for the Russian presidency issuing a decree that includes the seizure of foreign assets in Russia for countries that have taken hostile measures against them. Peskov pointed out that the West is developing a regulatory framework for the transition from the interim administration to the actual confiscation of Russian assets, and pointed out that the presidential decree on the foreign management of foreign assets came in response to the aggressive measures of unfriendly countries. He said: “This is due to the fact that the approved decree is a…

Brussels hopes collective market power will help member states to negotiate better prices with suppliers Member states of the European Union can now switch to joint gas purchases as energy companies from across the bloc can register their needs via the AggregateEU mechanism, the European Commission (EC) announced on Tuesday. The measure seeks to prevent a repeat of last year’s price surge due to competition for supplies among EU countries, after the bloc decided to abandon imports from Russia. The EU’s executive branch believes the new tool will help the bloc to refill gas stores for next winter “in a coordinated…